Why is Polystyrene/Styrofoam Not Recyclable?

May 2013

The Problem With Recycling Styrofoam

The Problem With Recycling Styrofoam

We are willing to bet that even if your recycling vender accepts plastic type 6 in their recycle bins, they specifically exclude Styrofoam. Why is Styrofoam not recyclable? It's all the same stuff, isn't it? Sort of.

Two Steps To Take Before Recycling

Organizations typically see the recycling container as the symbol of their environmental efforts. In reality, recycling is only one--and arguably the least important--of the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.